VIETNAM: Lawyer and dissident writer arbitrary detained 16 June 2009 RAN 25/09 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Le Cong Dinh, lawyer and dissident writer arrested on 13 June 2009. The authorities have charged him with â€˜spreading propaganda against the state’, which carries a twenty

By Julia ScheeresÂ |Â Â 04:00 PM Apr. 18, 2002 PT A free speech advocacy group is calling for the release of three Vietnamese dissidents who were recently arrested after they criticized the communist regime on the Internet. “These are just more examples of how the Vietnamese authorities are censuring freedom of expression,” said Vincent Brossell,

By Julia ScheeresÂ |Â Â 04:00 PM Apr. 18, 2002 PT A free speech advocacy group is calling for the release of three Vietnamese dissidents who were recently arrested after they criticized the communist regime on the Internet. “These are just more examples of how the Vietnamese authorities are censuring freedom of expression,” said Vincent Brossell,

By Julia ScheeresÂ |Â Â 04:00 PM Apr. 18, 2002 PT A free speech advocacy group is calling for the release of three Vietnamese dissidents who were recently arrested after they criticized the communist regime on the Internet. “These are just more examples of how the Vietnamese authorities are censuring freedom of expression,” said Vincent Brossell,

Father Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest and dissident who has been under house arrest since 19 February, accused of “hostile propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” “We are very worried about these three dissidents and, in general, about all the pro-democracy activists who signed the â€™Bloc 8406â€™ petition in their real names,” the

.03.07 – Two lawyers and cyber-dissidents arrested for “hostile propaganda” Reporters Without Borders today urged Hanoi-based diplomats to seek the release of Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, both lawyers and cyber-dissidents, who were arrested at their homes this morning. Like Father Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest and dissident who has been

.03.07 – Two lawyers and cyber-dissidents arrested for “hostile propaganda” Reporters Without Borders today urged Hanoi-based diplomats to seek the release of Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, both lawyers and cyber-dissidents, who were arrested at their homes this morning. Like Father Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest and dissident who has been